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	Eames Chair -original or reproduction	1 Relevance	18 years ago	vickers	General discussion
	... in Germany.The German acquisition is an upmarket hotel chain of 5 hotels in Cologne and Bonn.In the past we have purchased Le Corbusier reproduction Sofas and Le Corbusier Corner Sofas for our London Hotel in Kings Cross from Retro Europe. This purchase was successful and we are pleased with the quality and wear ability.We looked at the market and found that Vitra and Miller chairs were on average £4000 per unit. We looked at the chairs and to be fair they are good quality albeit very expensive.The second problem we had was that an order for 50 would take 8 ...
	International standards are pretty good	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Gustaf	General discussion
	International standards are pretty good If I recall correctly, as much as 10% of sea freight volume is lost due to differently sized pallets. And that is just one part of the total increase in trade costs resulting from the many different pallet sizes: "The multiplicity of pallet sizes increases trade costs because goods have to be depalletized and repalletized resulting from differences in pallet sizes. The additional handling operations increase delivery time and cost. The cost of different pallet standards can even be more dramatic when products loaded on ...
	I might be mistaken....	1 Relevance	18 years ago	koen	General discussion
	I might be mistaken.... ...but it seems to me there is not that much to be discussed. To design is, no matter how we look at it, to improve on a pre-existing unsatisfying situation by means of a new material solution. The amount of the pre-existing parts is not as important as the importance of the need to improve, unless making a name for yourself is more important than serving. Needs are different for different generations in different locations. A good example of these differences can be seen in Holland. The most visible and promoted part of Dutch design ...
	Well put. About what i was...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	rockland	General discussion
	Well put. About what i was... Well put. About what i was trying to say and thinking... (not much of a writer here.) Most seem to know of differences over the years, but a few examples on e-bay right now add a bit to the learning curve. One is near mint, rope edge, early Zenith. The other blue one is a mess in my opinion. And the going price reflects that... http://cgi.ebay.com/EAMES-HERMAN-MILLER-ZENITH-SHELL-RAR-ROCKER-CHAIR-MI...
	Florence Knoll desk table knockoffs	1 Relevance	19 years ago	zepp02	General discussion
	Florence Knoll desk table knockoffs I just bought some desk/tables that look exactly like the Knoll products but noticed some slight differences in the bases. Does anyone know of other manufactors of these items. If you look on ebay you can see a base that someone has sold that looks like the ones on these tables. the "knockoffs" don't have the same spacers that knoll uses between the legs and the base and the legs are not nearly as wide and tapered.
	To my	1 Relevance	19 years ago	SDR	General discussion
	To my mind there are too many differences between the chairs shown to encourage an assumption of common parentage. Note that the frame construction is completely different -- though the arm/back rail bears some similarity. Both chairs are interesting and handsome, I think.
	thanks for the info	1 Relevance	19 years ago	HughWS	General discussion
	... flesh for the first time, I realise that all the reproductions I've seen have significant differences. Especially the base. I thought I would be happy with a reproduction but now I'm not so sure. Unless I can find one that's much closer to the real thing than what I've seen so far, I think I'll have to fork over the cash...
	Post script	1 Relevance	18 years ago	koen	General discussion
	... differences in the many languages we speak and disregarding the level of fluency in our common language, we are a community. Some may call it a virtual one, but there is nothing virtual to any of us. We are all quite real. I do not know to what extend we can claim some impact in our respective communities but there is no question about the impact of this forum on us as a community. Looking back I realize that my first interest in answering questions about mid century design was a historical one. Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Hans Wegner, George Nelson, Ingo ...
	pt.2	1 Relevance	18 years ago	dcwilson	General discussion
	pt.2 I believe what underlies Koen's and my differences on this, in addition to the fact that I am a relative ignoramus in comparison to him on such matters, is that he has more rigorously adopted a philosophy of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," than have I to date. He evaluates Pawson more globally than I am. He gives more weight the value of continuity of working forms from the past in the trade-off analysis of how much to change a thing than I am. He is saying in that best of European traditions, "Yes, innovation is good, but we don't need to change som ...
	As you know	1 Relevance	18 years ago	koen	General discussion
	... in designing are not suitable for industrial production or prefab. Often, too often as a matter of fact the differences are ignored and yes, architects have often successfully designed furniture, but it was never very easy to make nor did it come on the market for a reasonable price...unless Target sources it in China. Often architects have claimed that it is a question of scale, it is not, a substantial size Airbus is often described in terms of its relationship to a football field, not to a chair. As far as I am concerned we will have decent prefab homes ...
	that reminds me ...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	kdc (USA)	General discussion
	that reminds me ... there was a brit and a yank talking about cars, and each one was getting frustrated with the other over the terminology. the american pointed out some differences: "we call it a trunk, but you brits call it a boot. we call it a hood, but you call it a bonnet. we call it a truck, but you call it a lorry. what do you make of it all?" the brit replied smugly, "well, we invented the english language!" to which the american countered, "yes, but we invented the truck!"
	Hi Olive,	1 Relevance	18 years ago	koen	General discussion
	... environmental footprint is not and can not be a universal standard. To stay close to home, here in this part of Canada, almost all our electricity is hydro generated. Although it is not completely pollution free it certainly is far lower on the scale that a coal burning electricity plant. I suspect that a blog on sustainable design will mostly highlight these differences whereas a blog on the particulars of the New Mexico situation might be enlightening. I understand that it might shed more light on New Mexico, but I think we are all smart enough to transla ...
	Most printed fabrics...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	koen	General discussion
	Most printed fabrics... are screen printed. Small series are printed with flat screens that are moved at a given and equal distance over the unrolled fabric. The next colour is applied by changing the screen...and so on. Industrially produced fabrics are printed with rotary screens, the principle is the same but the screen is a cylinder and rolls continiously against the unrolling fabric. One printing machine holds as many colour screens as there are colours in the print. Flat screen printing always requires acurate regsitration (the fitting of one colour wi ...
	Howabout a video of a...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	finch	General discussion
	Howabout a video of a... Howabout a video of a Barcelona being manufactured by Knoll, or whomever Knoll sources for the labor? Let folks see for themselves the nature of the magic dust that makes up the price disparity. The prevailing attitude seems to be, if you can't afford a design, tough shit, and I tend to agree, but not out of faith, as most purists seem to lean toward. I think some identifiable, quantifiable differences in parts/labor should factor into the equation. As for Knoll, I know from personal experience that the peices I've owned or interface ...
	.	1 Relevance	19 years ago	Gustavo	General discussion
	... another building. Fashion design, how interesting!, I don,t know so much about it, but it could be nice a comparison Fashion design-industrial design-architecture. With the little I know, I see Interesting differences? Someday may be! Wait wait.. And what about owning a masterpiece between the DA fellows? Such as a holyday central house or something like that? 🙂 I mean divide it in 52, 52 weeks.. So each week will cost 20769,23 Euros. 52 times more affordable? Tulipman? Robert? Luna? Maybe? Anybody else wants a week? 🙂